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Regulators target Grubhub's "pricing shell game" in $25 million settlement agreement

Salon

Grubhub, one of the country’s largest food delivery platforms, has agreed to pay $25 million to settle allegations from the Federal Trade Commission and the Illinois Attorney General that it engaged in deceptive and unfair practices targeting restaurants, delivery drivers and consumers. “I remain committed to holding businesses like Grubhub accountable for their deceptive business practices.” One of the central …

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4 days, 22 hours ago

Trump FTC pick casts lone no vote on rule banning deceptive junk fees

Raw Story

President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Federal Trade Commission cast the lone no vote Tuesday against a newly finalized rule banning deceptive junk fees in live-event ticketing and short-term lodging. Nidhi Hegde, interim executive director of the American Economic Liberties Project, said in response to the newly finalized rule that "banning junk fees is broadly popular across the country …

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5 days, 22 hours ago

Event promoters, hotels and lodging sites soon will have to disclose extra fees up front

Associated Press

The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday said it will soon require hotels, vacation rental platforms and live event promoters to disclose any fees up front when they list prices. The FTC said consumers often see advertised prices for hotel rooms, short-term rentals, and tickets to sporting events and concerts only to be surprised later by so-called “junk fees,” including resort …

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6 days, 15 hours ago

Federal rule bans junk fees hidden in hotel, event ticket prices

Salon

Junk fees hidden in the price of hotels and tickets for live events would be banned under a final rule approved by the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday. The rule requires certain companies to display the full price of a service or product upfront instead of notifying the buyer of the extra fees at the end of the checkout process. …

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Hidden ticket fees and vacation rental charges will be banned in America

CNN

CNN — The Federal Trade Commission announced a final rule banning hotels and ticketing and short-term rental companies from including hidden junk fees in their total price on Tuesday. “People deserve to know up-front what they’re being asked to pay — without worrying that they’ll later be saddled with mysterious fees that they haven’t budgeted for and can’t avoid,” said …

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1 week, 1 day ago

CEOs wanted Biden’s top business regulator gone. They’re about to get their wish

CNN

Lina Khan has enraged corporate America. He has backed calls for a nationwide data privacy law and he has called concentration in the technology industry “the competition question of our time.” All of these things suggest some alignment with the current FTC’s priorities, particularly in recognizing the role that tech companies play in the modern economy and the importance of …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Why You Should Avoid Buying A Gift Card From The Display Rack At The Store

Huff Post

Illustration:Jianan Liu/HuffPost Photo:Getty Images The longer you wait to use a gift card, the more opportunities scammers have for gift card fraud. Here’s how the physical gift card scheme typically works: Scammers will target display racks of gift cards, especially when the rack is out of sight from cashiers or pharmacy counters, explained Kathy Stokes, director of fraud prevention programs …

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1 week, 2 days ago

“The Lina Khan approach will quickly die”: Trump FTC pick signals big antitrust changes

Salon

President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Andrew Ferguson to chair the Federal Trade Commission signals a break from the aggressive stance of the commission under President Joe Biden. Tad Lipsky, a law professor at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, told Salon "there’s a lot of chatter going around the antitrust community about this exact issue.” Lipsky, who …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Column: Good riddance to the merger of grocers Albertsons and Kroger, which would have cost you money

LA Times

The inside stories of messy marriage breakups have been an entertainment staple since even before Tolstoy observed that “every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” So let’s thank the supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons, whose $24.6-billion merger has collapsed amid mutual recriminations, for their outstanding contribution to the genre. — Federal Judge Adrienne Nelson, blocking the Kroger/Albertsons merger …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Google lobbying FTC to break up Microsoft & OpenAI's cloud deal

Firstpost

Google argues that Microsoft’s exclusive position as the cloud provider for OpenAI’s popular models, such as ChatGPT, could unfairly limit market competition and lead to higher costs for businesses looking to access OpenAI’s technology The core issue raised by Google is that businesses using OpenAI’s services are being pushed toward Microsoft’s Azure cloud servers, with the potential for added costs …

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1 week, 4 days ago

The Trump administration could reverse progress on AI regulation

Al Jazeera

US President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for the Federal Trade Commission chair is expected to push back against regulating AI, undermining efforts so far. “I think the biggest thing we’re going to see is the massive repealing of the sort of initial steps the Biden administration has taken toward meaningful AI regulation,” says Cody Venzke, a senior policy counsel in the …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Trump declares a new war on Big Tech

Politico

“At the FTC, we will end Big Tech’s vendetta against competition and free speech,” Ferguson pledged on X. Carr, a longtime conservative gadfly initially nominated to the FCC by Trump and strongly supported by Elon Musk, has leaned into culture-war rhetoric and last month pledged on social media and cable news to smash the “censorship cartel” of Big Tech. Adam …

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Albertsons sues Kroger for failing to win approval of their proposed supermarket merger

Associated Press

Kroger and Albertsons’ plan for the largest U.S. supermarket merger in history crumbled Wednesday, with Albertsons pulling out of the $24.6 billion deal and the two companies accusing each other of not doing enough to push their proposed alliance through. AP AUDIO: Albertsons sues Kroger for failing to win approval of their proposed supermarket merger AP correspondent Haya Panjwani reports …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Google Urges FTC To Dismantle Microsoft's Exclusive Cloud Partnership With OpenAI

ABP News

Google has reportedly urged the US government to intervene in Microsoft’s exclusive arrangement to host OpenAI’s technology on its cloud infrastructure, according to a report by The Information on Tuesday. The report, citing a source directly involved, suggests that Google views Microsoft’s exclusivity as an unfair advantage in the competitive cloud computing market. Major cloud service providers like Google and …

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1 week, 5 days ago

'Evidently it worked!' Experts say new Trump nominee ran 'usual' campaign — and succeeded

Raw Story

President-Elect Donald Trump announced on Tuesday his nomination of Federal Trade Commission commissioner Andrew Ferguson for Federal Trade Commission Chair. CNN chief media analyst Brian Stelter also published a copy of the pitch, writing: This was Andrew Ferguson's pitch for the FTC chairman position, as scooped by @BenBrodyDC last week. Ferguson has impeccable legal credentials, proven loyalty to President Donald …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Trump nomina a Andrew Ferguson como jefe de la FTC y a Ron Johnson como embajador en México

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — El presidente electo Donald Trump realizó otra serie de nominaciones el martes, y postuló a Andrew Ferguson como el nuevo presidente de la Comisión Federal de Comercio, a Ron Johnson como embajador en México, y a Kimberly Guilfoyle como embajadora en Grecia. “Andrew tiene un historial probado de enfrentarse a la censura de las grandes empresas tecnológicas y …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Trump names Andrew Ferguson as head of Federal Trade Commission

Deccan Chronicle

Washington: President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday named Andrew Ferguson as the next chair of the Federal Trade Commission. “Andrew has a proven record of standing up to Big Tech censorship, and protecting Freedom of Speech in our Great Country,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, adding, “Andrew will be the most America First, and pro-innovation FTC Chair in our Country’s History.” …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Trump's FTC head vowed to 'terminate uncooperative bureaucrats' and fight 'DEI wokeism'

Raw Story

President-elect Donald Trump has named his choice to head the Federal Trade Commission, the agency that oversees antitrust law: Andrew Ferguson, a longtime Republican FTC commissioner who has already pledged to purge the institution of anyone disloyal to Trump. Circuit, and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas," Trump posted to Truth Social. Ferguson appears set to pump the brakes on …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Trump taps Kimberly Guilfoyle, who dated his son Don Jr, as Greece envoy

India Today

US President-elect Donald Trump made another flurry of job announcements on Tuesday, selecting Andrew Ferguson as the next chair of the Federal Trade Commission, Ron Johnson was nominated to be ambassador to Mexico, and Kimberly Guilfoyle to be ambassador to Greece. “Andrew has a proven record of standing up to Big Tech censorship, and protecting Freedom of Speech in our …

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After court loss, Albertsons and Kroger trade accusations over demise of mega-grocery-chain deal

LA Times

Albertsons, whose stores include Vons, announced it is backing out of a planned merger with Kroger. A day after a federal judge temporarily halted the merger, Albertsons said Wednesday that it’s scrapping the controversial pairing and suing Kroger, alleging that the chain failed to do enough to win over regulators. In February, the Federal Trade Commission sued to block Kroger’s …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Trump says he’ll name Andrew Ferguson head of FTC and Kimberly Guilfoyle as ambassador to Greece

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump made another flurry of job announcements on Tuesday, selecting Andrew Ferguson as the next chair of the Federal Trade Commission, Ron Johnson was nominated to be ambassador to Mexico, and Kimberly Guilfoyle to be ambassador to Greece. “Andrew has a proven record of standing up to Big Tech censorship, and protecting Freedom of Speech in …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Judge hands Biden's FTC major antitrust win on grocery stores

Raw Story

A federal judge delivered a huge win to the departing Biden administration on Tuesday, ruling in favor of the Federal Trade Commission's action against the merger of the Kroger and Albertsons supermarket chains, reported the Wall Street Journal. “Evidence shows that defendants engage in substantial head-to-head competition and the proposed merger would remove that competition,” Judge Adrienne Nelson ruled. The …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Proposed merger of supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons is halted by federal, state judges

Associated Press

The proposed merger between supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons floundered on Tuesday after judges overseeing two separate cases both halted the deal. In Washington, Governor-elect Bob Ferguson, who brought the case against Kroger and Albertsons as the state’s attorney general, called the state court’s decision “an important victory for affordability, worker protections and the rule of law.” Federal regulators argued …

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1 week, 5 days ago

How to claim your Fortnite refund

The Independent

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Regulators target Grubhub's "pricing shell game" in $25 million settlement agreement

Trump FTC pick casts lone no vote on rule banning deceptive junk fees

Event promoters, hotels and lodging sites soon will have to disclose extra fees up front

Federal rule bans junk fees hidden in hotel, event ticket prices

Hidden ticket fees and vacation rental charges will be banned in America

CEOs wanted Biden’s top business regulator gone. They’re about to get their wish

Why You Should Avoid Buying A Gift Card From The Display Rack At The Store

“The Lina Khan approach will quickly die”: Trump FTC pick signals big antitrust changes

Column: Good riddance to the merger of grocers Albertsons and Kroger, which would have cost you money

Google lobbying FTC to break up Microsoft & OpenAI's cloud deal

The Trump administration could reverse progress on AI regulation

Trump declares a new war on Big Tech

Albertsons sues Kroger for failing to win approval of their proposed supermarket merger

Google Urges FTC To Dismantle Microsoft's Exclusive Cloud Partnership With OpenAI

'Evidently it worked!' Experts say new Trump nominee ran 'usual' campaign — and succeeded

Trump nomina a Andrew Ferguson como jefe de la FTC y a Ron Johnson como embajador en México

Trump names Andrew Ferguson as head of Federal Trade Commission

Trump's FTC head vowed to 'terminate uncooperative bureaucrats' and fight 'DEI wokeism'

Trump taps Kimberly Guilfoyle, who dated his son Don Jr, as Greece envoy

After court loss, Albertsons and Kroger trade accusations over demise of mega-grocery-chain deal

Trump says he’ll name Andrew Ferguson head of FTC and Kimberly Guilfoyle as ambassador to Greece

Judge hands Biden's FTC major antitrust win on grocery stores

Proposed merger of supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons is halted by federal, state judges

How to claim your Fortnite refund